In this book we have not only analyzed the basic impediment in India's march to glory but have also made

an attempt to identify budgetary resources to end the poverty of the masses.The second aspect that needs

mention is our attempt to show how the inequality among sections of population can be removed within a

reasonable time frame. Lastly, we have shown what needs to be done to catch up with the developed

world by the year 2025.

Dr. Malay Chaudhuri founded The Indian Institute of Planning & Management in the year 1973, after

giving up his professorship at the IIM, Bangalore. His dream was to set up an institute which would focus

not just on management but also on macro economic aspects of India. Thus, IIPM was set up with a

vision to economy and integrate management concepts with concepts of national economic planning to

produce barefoot managers who would always remain committed to removing the massive poverty of the

people of India. Dr. Malay Chaudhuri's students, although spread across the globe, holding crucial and

decision - making positions in the corporate sector, are bonded by that one ideology of making a positive

difference, turning that ideology into a movement in itself. Arindam Chaudhuri, co-author of this book, is

one of Dr. Malay Chaudhuri's students. The Great Indian Dream is a manifestation of Dr. Malay

Chaudhuri's dream.

Arindam Chaudhuri is the Hony. Dean at the Centre for Economic Research and Advanced Studies at

IIPM, India's leading B-School. He is also the founder of the Planman Group which has business interests

in Consulting, Media and Entertainment and the Editor-in-Chief of The Sunday Indian-the only news

magazine in the world that comes out in 14 languages. The author of Planning India as well as the

bestselling books, Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch and The Great Indian Dream, he teaches

Leadership and National Economic Planning at IIPM. His public seminars on Leadership are a rage with

thousands attending them.Since 2001 he has been annually presenting a much-wanted 'Alternative

Budget' programme on TV, on the day before the budget is announced. He has won numerous awards for

his work and in 2004, at the age of 32, he was selected as an advisor to the consultative committee of the

Planning Commission of India in the Education & Social sectors.Under the banner of Planman Motion

Pictures he has made several highly acclaimed films and was awarded the National Award for Faltu in

2008 and The Last Lear in 2009. He is also the founder of the charity, Aurobindo Chaudhuri Memorial

Great Indian Dream Foundation, which works in the areas of health,education and employment.